 | Thomas Sheridan - Elocution - 1796 - 292 pages
...Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And (hook a dreadful dart; what feem'd his head The likenefs of a kingly crown had on. , • Satan was now at hand, and from his feat The monfter moving onward came as faft With horrid ftrides; hell trembled as he ftrode.Speak the... | |
 | John Milton - 1800 - 300 pages
...a dreadful dart ; what seem'd his head, Ihe likeness of a kingly crown had on. •..i:.n: was nowki hand ; and from his seat, The monster, moving onward, came as fast With horrid strides; hell tremhled as he strode;. TV undaunted fiend whaj this might he admir'd; Adrnir'd, not feur'd; God and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 842 pages
...Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, And (hook a dreadful dart ; what fcem'd his head The likenefs of a kingly crown had on : Satan was now at hand, and from hit (eat The monfler mating onward came as fad 67$ With horrid ftridei, Hell trembled as he flrode.... | |
 | John Walker - Elocution - 1801 - 424 pages
...same author, where he describes Satan's surprise at the sight and approach of the figure of Death. Satan was now at hand, and from his seat The monster...strides ; hell trembled as he strode. Th' undaunted fiend what this might be admir'd; Admlr'd, not f£ar'd : God, and his son except, Created thing nought... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1811 - 702 pages
...limb; Or substance might be called that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook...seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. But if Death has in the main been abused, and suffered so much by the barbarity of our poets and painters,... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either; black it stood as Night, 670 Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd hii head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Satan was now at hand, and from his seat The monster... | |
 | 1803 - 412 pages
...are instances of that proud and daring mind which could not brook submission, even to Omnipotence ; ' Satan was now at hand, and from his seat The monster...strides ; hell trembled as he strode ; Th' undaunted fiend what this might be admir'd, Admir'd, not fear'd — --* The same boldness and intrepidity of... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 372 pages
...; are instances of that proud and daring mind which could not brook submission even to omnipotence. Satan was now at hand, and from his seat The monster...fast With, horrid strides, hell trembled as he strode ; Tl1' undaunted fiend what this might be ad1nir'd, Admu-'sl, not fcar'J The same boldness and intrepidity... | |
 | Beilby Porteus - Death - 1803 - 68 pages
...appropriation of our great bard's description of the same object : . • - black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook...seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. vii In the employment of Sin, pointing and envenoming the stings of Death, there is a beautiful personification... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...instances of that proud and daring mind which could not brook i • • submission even to omnipotence. Satan was now at hand, and from his seat The monster...strides : Hell trembled as he strode. Th' undaunted fiend what this might be admir'd ; Admir'd, not fear'd . The same boldness and intrepidity of behaviour... | |
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The other shape, If shape it might be call'd that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either: black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And... 
